Surname Čale in modern Croatia

Čale families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Grude area) and in Imotski area.

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Čale live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (170), Split (40), Sesvete (40), Velika Gorica (15), and in Donja Lomnica (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čale (including: Chale , Cale , Calle , Challe , Chiale , Ccalle , Ciale , Chalee , Tschale and Calee ) is present in 105 countries worldwide. The family name "Cale " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 5000 in the Philippines , and some 1000 people in Brazil. "Tschale " is used by few people in the United States. "Calee " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Čale, Morana Čale, Danijel Čale, Tijan Čale, Manuela Čale, Branko Čale, Zdenko Čale, Igor Čale, Suzana Čale, Marko Čale, Iva Čale, Željko Čale, Damir Čale, Senka Čale, Dragan Čale, Tihomir Čale, Sandra Čale, Frano Čale, Mato Čale

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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